Not so sure about the competition itself but I’ve made some pretty cool friends along our moot journey 🤔😉😍
Congrats to mama jen (!) and the best stalker...inspector...I mean researcher 😜😏
Ps. Have been gratefully (undeservingly) overwhelmed by sooo much support and warm words along the journey - thx everyone for all the encouragement and for spoiling 😭💕 #displaced#kids#redstalkteam#immigrantstobe#professionalinvestigators

Exodus from #bessarabia in 1940. Yesterday, @food.movement and @karalina_nicole and I were talking about our German-Russian or #russlanddeutsche ancestors. We splintered off of a thread @oliahercules started about her upcoming book on Summer Kitchens. (Can’t wait!) That conversation inspired me to start posting pictures of my family in Bessarabia. I am starting with this old news clip which shows thousands of Bessarabian Germans leaving their home after Stalin and Hitler used them as pawns in the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. I wrote about this event in an essay for the Globe & Mail a few years ago. If you are curious, you can find the link on the publications page of my website. The link to my site is in the bio. #retrophoto#wwii#displaced#refugees Shout out to @kevin_speidell who created the powerful illustration that accompanies the essay.

2 years ago, I produced a short documentary on the plight of Syrian Refugee children in Lebanon. The reason for undertaking this particular topic stems from the fact that my family and I were internally displaced in Lebanon when I was only 8 years old. The 15th of March marked the 7 year anniversary of the Syrian civil war. 7 years of blood, trauma, unfairness and pure torture.
This is for the FORGOTTEN children of Syria. **Link to full video in bio
Filmed by: @charlyhatem
Edited by: Johnny Rizk
Script and audio: @janafandi
Arrangements: Jamal Fandi and Mohamad Fandi
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Learned so much from the talented and thoughtful artists at ARCHV RMX last night. Special thanks to Samah and Aleia for their Young Migrants project. It’s amazing and inspiring to see all the beautiful work coming out of this community. 💕 The visual stories about moms made me tear up, shout out to @lovelylilyhu for giving me a napkin to dry my eyes!

Devastating to see that the #ceasefire has been violated, putting more innocent lives at risk from #conflict , forcing families to flee to safety, becoming #displaced#Repost @freeburmarangers with @get_repost
Despite being in a ceasefire area, over 1.7K villagers in Karen State have recently had to flee from Burma Army attacks. Just two months ago our Rangers had visited some of these areas to see villagers who had returned home - villagers who have now had to flee again. Link to report in profile.
#burma#myanmar#karen#karenstate#civilwar#IDP#displacement#humanrights#refugees

Our research team spent over two weeks traveling to internally displaced communities all across Abuja to hand out resources & speak to women about their reproductive health challenges following their displacement. Many of the women we spoke to shared heartbreaking stories of their struggle and needs due to the Boko Haram insurgency, but also spoke of their resilience and hope for a brighter and better future. It was truly an eye opening experience.
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One thing that I now know, is the value of advocating for our most vulnerable communities. It is not simply enough to come in, speak to women, and go out. We must form lasting relationships, and develop plans partnerships, and infrastructure for support and relief that extend for as long as there is a need. .
There is much more work to be done, and my hope is that the data obtained from the research can be used to advocate for the women in a way that they currently cannot. .
Thank you to #fulbright , @wellbeingafrica & @envisionngo for providing the support and logistics to make this all happen. Last but not least I would like to extend a very special thank you to research team who executed flawlessly and worked tirelessly to make all of this happen 🙏🏾.

Photo by @Alixandrafazzinanoor / @noorimages | Alixandra Fazzina is currently taking over @Chrisitianaidphotos ’s Instagram channel. She will be sharing her work about Internally Displaced People around the world over there. Go check it out now.
Caption: Eritrea, Senafe, 2001, Under stormy skies, women gather outside their tents pitched in the highlands near Senafe, Eritrea. With much of the nearby border town destroyed during the #Ethiopia#Eritrea#war , many communities on either side of the frontier found themselves #displaced and isolated within their own countries for years after hostilities ended.

An estimated 23,600 internally displaced people have moved to the grounds of the Catholic church since May 2017. The Christian population of Alindao fears returning to their homes. .
As I’ll be going back to Central African Republic next week, I’ll share some images of Alindao from a report published in @aljazeeraenglish done with @jcsteers in 2017.
Link to the AlJazeera story in my bio.
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#carconflict#car#africa#conflict#idpcamp#displaced#ongoing#forgottencrisis

Emmanuel Ngadougou, a 38-year-old father of four, took refuge at the Catholic church in early May. An artisanal diamond miner who worked near Alindao, he says his family was attacked by Seleka fighters in May, leaving three of his family members dead and his house burned to the ground. He suffered a machete wound to the head and was left for dead in a pool of blood. 'I remember it so well and I'm always scared,' he said, noting he also remembers a time when people 'lived in perfect harmony'.
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As I’ll be going back to Central African Republic next week, I’ll share some images of Alindao from a report published in @aljazeeraenglish done with @jcsteers in 2017.
Link to the AlJazeera story in my bio.
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#carconflict#car#africa#conflict#idpcamp#displaced#ongoing#forgottencrisis